DHS Has a number of fixed-wing planes and helicopters.
Here’s what we know about…
Fixed wing:
Beechcraft King Air C-12:
- N7166P – retired?
Beechcraft Super King Air 350ER:
- N162G – operating out of HST
- N187V – operating out of DMA
- N419K – currently operating out of Bellingham as TROY008, previously BRONCO19
- N541G – operating out of NZY, previously Hillsboro → over PDX
- N610A – operating out of NZY, Halsey Field near San Diego
- N716A – operating out of NZY, Halsey Field near San Diego
Bombardier DHC-8Q200:
DHS has 7 De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 “Dash-8”s – registrations listed:
Cessna C-172, C-182, C-206, and C-210:
- C-206 N3543B – out of MFE
Cessna C-550 Citation II
- N1255K – sold
Lockheed P-3 Orion Long Range Tracker:
- N403SK – Operating as OMAHA03 out of VQQ
- N423SK – Operated as OMAHA80
- N431SK – Operating as OMAHA31 out of NGP – flew team to SEA
- N432SK?
- N480SK – Operating as OMAHA80 out of VQQ – flew team to PDX
- N741SK – Operating as OMAHA41 out of VQQ
- Operating as ORION31 – flew team to PDX
- N769SK – Operating as ORION69
- N15390 – retired?
- N16295 – retired?
- N16370
Lockheed P-3 Orion Airborne Early Warning:
Planes operating out of NGP (Corpus Christi NAS) and VQQ (Cecil Airport, Jacksonville, FL)
- N142CS – Operating as ORION42 out of NGP
- N143CS – Operating as ORION43 out of NGP – flew team to PDX
- N144CS – Operating as OMAHA44 out of VQQ
- N145CS – Operating as OMAHA45 out of VQQ
- N146CS – Operating as OMAHA46 out of VQQ
- N147CS – Operating as OMAHA47 out of NGP – flew team to SEA
- N148CS – Operating as OMAHA48 out of NGP
- N149CS – Operating as OMAHA49 out of VQQ
(these P-3s have been used to ferry DHS teams)
Unknown:
Out of VQQ:
MQ-9 Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System
Pilatus PC-12:
Planes operating out of RIV
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne IIIA
Rotary wing:
AgustaWestland AW-139:
- N139HS retired?
American Eurocopter AS-350 A-Star:
American Eurocopter EC-120:
- N373HS – retired?
Bell UH-1H Huey II
McDonnell Douglas MD-500
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk:
Operating out of MDQ – Huntsville, AL
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